George Bush and the Stealth Nomination

Obviously Roberts is a "stealth" nomination. No one including George Bush knows how he will come down on Roe or any of the other hot button issues. It didn't have to be this way. There are several judges whose writings indicate that they are strict constructionists and aren't afraid to correct past mistakes made by the Supremes. And, you've got Kauthammer on Fox saying that Roberts will uphold Roe.

After all the promises made to, and the work done by Evangelicals throughout this country, George Bush has shown that either he isn't very bright, or he doesn't know how to keep a promise. Guessing isn't good enough these days with all the activism on the left. I'm a little disappointed that there aren't some conservative senators threatening to vote against this nomination.

Krauthammer may be wrong, but the point is that Bush should have remembered who got him elected... and we shouldn't be guessing.

I respect this president in so many ways, but the right Supreme Court nominations are in some respects more important than his handling of the war on terror. President Bush may know something about Roberts that I don't... but if he has chosen badly, then I consider his presidency to be already a failure. Thats how important I think this opportunity was.